2026-03-29T23:56:40Z https://yabu.me Alison Kiddle https://yabu.me/npub17t6az6j9lt5jmz5wjx532gfxluugnv4smr4kyx0jrnavds4dsums2l7de8 https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/308/032/175/794/879/original/30cbc9a96410d1e5.jpg https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/308/032/175/794/879/original/30cbc9a96410d1e5.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsra2udxx0yzd44dcez5fe4p0g9khpqc807rv5caaq55mjuale7fzgzyre0t5t2ghawjtv236g6j9fpymln3zdjkrvwkcse7gw043kz4krnw5ntaw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjyw87hm37metwug67fhn09wgs4mkkytmvvg7fgcrre0ac9kzrccm09u3h'>nevent1q…9u3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also have numbers who feel like old friends. I&#39;m glad I could reacquaint you with one of yours 2025-12-16T21:14:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5myr2d6feywj5xefn4hl0wqjerx5uut6g0928gn5fdzf3nhe28czyre0t5t2ghawjtv236g6j9fpymln3zdjkrvwkcse7gw043kz4krnwl5g9m7 Recently I had occasion to pose a question &#34;which is more likely, flipping 10 heads in a row with a normal coin or getting four sixes in a row with a normal six sided die/dice&#34;. I asked a couple of people to work it out in their heads and was interested that there are a few different approaches. How would you decide which is more likely? What calculations would you do? What do you already know without needing to calculate that you can use to help? 2025-12-16T17:13:47Z